If you had 10,000 $ to spend on go.

[Mef]

Hmm, for ten thousand dollars to spend on go...Perhaps buying 100 go sets and having them sent to local coffee shops in major cities (and perhaps near college campuses) along with little flyers that have an intro to go. A lot of those places have board games for regulars to sit around and play when they get bored, maybe they'll pick up go?...averaging about $100/venue, it might be enough get the board and stones there, maybe to sponsor a go night at each location (granted volunteer effort would be helpful there...)...who knows if it would work, might be a start though...

[wms]

Buy out KGS and open-source the client

You'll need a lot more than $10,000 for that, you know.

[chiwito]

I might try to buy out the copyrights of a few out-of-print go books, then turn around and place the books in the public domain. (Though this would probably require something more like $100,000.)

Some day if I have the funds, I hope to do something similar. I would try to make a deal with copyright holders to publish sturdy hardcover editions not only of currently out of print go titles but also of in print titles where the rights holders would see the advantage of a hardcover simultaneous to their paper editions, aimed at libraries, go clubs, and others valuing durability. I would probably also produce a very limited run of purely collectible copies with tipped-in art and on special paper, just for the few fanatic book collectors like myself.

I wouldn't be expecting to make money [or even to break even] on this venture. It would simply be a combination of filling a small need for the go community and a logical extension of my current hobby of collecting go books, on which I have spend a lot more than $10K.

chiwito

[imabuddha]

I would probably also produce a very limited run of purely collectible copies with tipped-in art and on special paper, just for the few fanatic book collectors like myself.

That would be very cool! I wish the English Go book market was large enough for a publisher like Easton Press to do a series...